issued by the Registrar of the Court  
ECHR 260 (2022)  
30.08.2022  
Judgments of 30 August 2022  
The European Court of Human Rights has today given notification in writing of 16 judgments1:  
four Chamber judgments are summarised below;  
five separate press releases have been issued for six other Chamber judgments in the cases of  
Korporativna Targovska Banka AD v. Bulgaria (applications nos. 46564/15 and 68140/16),  
R v. France (no. 49857/20) and W v. France (no. 1348/21), C. v. Romania (no. 47358/20), Pârvu  
v. Romania (no. 13326/18), and Tusă v. Romania (no. 21854/18);  
six Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can be  
consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.  
The judgments below are available only in English.  
Ibragimova v. Russia (application no. 68537/13)  
The applicant, Naylya Razinovna Ibragimova, was born in 1988 and lived in Murmansk (Russia) at the  
time of the events.  
The case concerns the applicant’s conviction in administrative-offence proceedings for wearing a  
balaclava during a demonstration in August 2012 in a square in Murmansk (Russia). She was staging  
a lone protest in reaction to the trial of the Pussy Riot punk band and her balaclava, a green knitted  
hat with eyeholes stretched to the chin, was similar to that worn by the band during their  
performances.  
Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights, the  
applicant complains about her conviction, submitting that the relevant domestic law – banning the  
concealing of one’s face during a public event – is excessively rigid. She also argues that there is no  
evidence to prove that she refused to take the balaclava off, or that police officers present during  
her protest either attempted to check her identity or caution her.  
Violation of Article 10  
Just satisfaction:  
pecuniary damage: 242 euros (EUR)  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 7,500  
Sergey Sorokin v. Russia (no. 52808/09)  
The applicant, Sergey Vladimirovich Sorokin, is a Russian national who was born in 1958 and lives in  
Syktyvkar, Republic of Komi (Russia).  
The applicant is a journalist and public activist. In 2008 he published an interview – on the website of  
his weekly newspaper, Zyryanskaya zhizn – with a high-ranking police officer regarding a scandal  
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about abuse of power. A criminal case was subsequently opened against the police officer for  
disclosing State secrets. The applicant’s case with the European Court concerns the search of his flat  
and the seizure of his computer, four hard drives and an audio cassette in the context of these  
criminal proceedings.  
Relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention, the applicant alleges in  
particular that the search and seizure warrant was worded in such wide terms that all his electronic  
devices were seized, along with confidential information completely unrelated to the criminal case.  
He also alleges that the subsequent judicial review of the measures against him failed to balance  
protection of journalistic sources against the needs of the criminal investigation. He also relies on  
Articles 6 (right to a fair trial), 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and 13 (right to an  
effective remedy) of the Convention.  
Violation of Article 10  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 7,500  
costs and expenses: EUR 6,000  
Traskunova v. Russia (no. 21648/11)  
The applicant, Nonna Vladimirovna Traskunova, now deceased, was a Russian national who was  
born in 1925. Her grandson is continuing the application on her behalf.  
The case concerns the death of the applicant’s daughter in 2006 while she was participating in the  
clinical trial of a new drug – asenapine – for schizophrenia. The ensuing inquiry revealed that her  
daughter had slipped into a coma and died because of heart disease which had gone undetected and  
which had been aggravated by the experimental drug. The applicant unsuccessfully attempted to  
have disciplinary proceedings instituted against those responsible and to bring criminal proceedings  
into the death.  
Relying on Article2 (right to life), the applicant argued that her daughter’s doctors had put her life at  
risk by failing to carry out comprehensive medical check-ups prior to admitting her to the trials, to  
then monitor her condition, and to discontinue the trials as soon as side effects had appeared.  
Violation of Article 2  
Just satisfaction:  
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 20,000  
costs and expenses: EUR 270  
Y.G. v. Russia (no. 8647/12)  
The applicant, Y.G, is a Russian national who was born in 1971 and lives in Moscow. He is HIV-  
positive and suffers from hepatitis.  
The case concerns the collection of health data, including that of the applicant, in a database that  
was made available for sale at a market.  
Relying on Articles 8 (right to respect for private life) and 13 (right to an effective remedy), the  
applicant complains that the law-enforcement authorities had unlawfully collected, stored and  
entered his health data in a database, and that they had failed to ensure the confidentiality of his  
data and to carry out an effective investigation into their disclosure.  
Violation of Article 8  
Just satisfaction:  
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non-pecuniary damage: EUR 7,500  
costs and expenses: EUR 2,000  
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